From the Federal Human Trafficking Report: North Carolina ranks 16th in the United States* in 2019 for the number of active criminal human trafficking cases making their way through federal courts. The state had 11 active criminal cases. Federal prosecutors charged three new criminal cases, ranking North Carolina 15th in the United States for the number of new criminal human trafficking cases. In 2019, federal courts convicted three defendants in criminal human trafficking cases, ranking North Carolina 25th in the nation for the number of defendants convicted. Federal courts ordered two out of three convicted defendants to pay restitution to their victim(s), ranking North Carolina 9th in the nation for percentage of defendants ordered to pay restitution.